document_title: Pontiac Silverdome

question_text: when did the who play at the pontiac silverdome

text: Pontiac Silverdome

text: Former uses[edit]

text: The Silverdome hosted the Detroit Lions of the NFL (1975–2001), the Detroit Pistons of the NBA (1978–1988), the Detroit Express (for both outdoor and indoor soccer) of the NASL (1978–1980), the Michigan Panthers of the USFL (1983–1984), college football's Cherry Bowl (1984–1985), the Motor City Bowl (1997–2001), the MHSAA football state finals (1976–2004) and four first-round games during soccer's 1994 FIFA World Cup.

text: For the World Cup matches, a natural grass surface capable of growing inside the dome was developed and installed by a team from Michigan State University.[7] This grass surface was laid upon wooden pallets atop the artificial turf that is usually used. It was the first time that World Cup games were played indoors.[8] The Silverdome also hosted the 1979 NBA All-Star Game, Super Bowl XVI on January 24, 1982, and the 1988 and 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament Midwest Regionals and NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in 1982 and 1983.

text: On March 29, 1987, the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania III established the record for attendance of 93,173, the largest recorded attendance for a live indoor sporting event in North America.[9][10][11] The record stood until February 14, 2010 when the 2010 NBA All-Star Game broke the indoor sporting event record with an attendance of 108,713 at Cowboys Stadium.[12]

text: The Silverdome hosted an AMA Supercross Championship round from 1976 to 2005.[13]

text: In 2012, the Silverdome became the home stadium of the city's professional Ultimate Frisbee team, the Detroit Mechanix, of the American Ultimate Disc League.[14] That year, the Silverdome hosted the AUDL championship game, as on August 11, the Philadelphia Spinners defeated the Indianapolis AlleyCats 29-22.

text: After the roof had been collapsed and the stadium abandoned, Red Bull produced a video of BMX rider Tyler Fernengel riding inside the Silverdome in 2015. Some notable tricks in the video were Fernengel's barspin to double peg to 180° spin on one of the handrails inside the stadium and an impressive "truckdriver" (handlebars spinning 360° while the bike frame spins 360°) out of the luxury boxes onto a ramp that led down to the field.[15] That same year, a drag racing event at the former parking lot marked the beginning of Woodward Dream Cruise.[16]

text: History[edit]

text: Conception/development[edit]

text: The idea of a major sports complex was part of a dream of C. Don Davidson, a Pontiac, Michigan native and star high school athlete.[17] Davidson, upon graduating from Pontiac Central High School in 1947 and completing active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps, attended North Carolina State University on a football scholarship.[18] After earning a master's degree in urban planning and architecture, Davidson began his career as an architect and was recognized for several government and city projects throughout the south including Florida's Jacksonville International Airport. He returned to Pontiac in 1965 and was shocked to see the deterioration of the city of Pontiac and its lack of a future plan. Davidson embarked upon what would eventually become an obsession for him to see his beloved city succeed. In 1965-66, he was hired as a professor of architecture and urban planning at the University of Detroit under the direction of Bruno Leon.[19]

text: As part of an ongoing, comprehensive study by his architecture class on urban renewal for the city of Pontiac, Davidson met with various city and state authorities including William Clay Ford, owner of the Detroit Lions, to discuss the possibility of a new stadium, made it a college class project to find a suitable site for a new stadium and even started his own weekly newspaper known as The Pontiac Times,[18] to help promote his vision. After much controversy and sparring with Detroit city officials, Pontiac was chosen over several other sites including the Michigan Fairgrounds, Walled Lake and the Detroit Riverfront as the best place for construction of what would become known as the Pontiac Silverdome.[20][21] Already having a stadium concept as part of his master plan for the city, Davidson was interviewed and ultimately hired as chief project designer for the stadium project by the architectural firm of O'Dell, Hewlett & Luckenbach.[22][23] Initial designs included a dual stadium complex for both football and baseball (potentially housing the Detroit Tigers) that was later scrapped due to high costs. Davidson was pleased to see a part of his vision for the city of Pontiac accomplished in the building of the 80,000-seat sports complex.[24][unreliable source?] Completed in 1975 as the Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium,[25] at a cost of $55.7 million, the Silverdome seated 80,311. It contained 102 luxury suites and 7,384 club seats.

text: Original silver-like roof[edit]

text: The original silver-like roof was built of Teflon-coated fiberglass panels, and supported by air pressure inside the stadium. Although the roof has always been white in color as viewed with the naked eye, the stadium obtained the name "Silverdome" due to a silver-like reflection caused by the Sun, mainly noticed from the sky. (Initially, however, the stadium also went by its shortened nickname of PonMet, but that nickname was disliked by Pontiac city commissioners.[26]) The roof was replaced by a new canvas fabric, reinforced by steel girders after a strong snowstorm on March 4, 1985, caused structural damage to the old roof.[27] Because of the damage, the Detroit Pistons played the remainder of the 1984–85 season at the now-closed Joe Louis Arena.[28] The accident, and the delay in repairs, partially prompted the Pistons moving three seasons later 4 miles (6 km) north to their new, privately owned, 20,000-seat sports arena, The Palace of Auburn Hills (like Joe Louis Arena, it also has since closed down).

text: The 1985 repairs were necessitated by a collapse of the original 1975 roof around noon EST on March 4, 1985. Heavy, wet snow accumulated on the southwest corner of the dome and depressed the fabric panels low enough so that the fabric came in contact with a steel lighting catwalk that was positioned just below the inner lip of the roof's ring beam. The hole caused a loss of air pressure and the Dome deflated slowly – there were no injuries. The shift from a "dome" to "bowl" caused all the heavy, wet snow to slide down into the bowl and rupture more roof panels, collapse some precast risers in the SW upper deck, and dislodge more plastic seats "... than a Rolling Stones concert" according to Bob Haney, the Dome's Operations Manager. Crews from Owens-Corning Fiberglas, the dome's original roof installer, were on site by 1:30 pm on March 4. Repair operations began immediately but were interrupted for over a week due to high winds. During the high winds event nearly all of the remaining panels in the deflated roof, 100 in all, were badly damaged. The decision was made to replace the entire roof and incorporate some improvements to prevent a similar event from occurring in the future. Repair cost of the roof was just under $8 million.

text: The repairs were completed and the dome re-inflated at noon on May 28, 1985. A thunderstorm passed through the Pontiac area the morning the Dome was to be re-inflated and a partial inflation, or "puff", was performed so that the scheduled inflation could occur in the presence of the many city and area politicians as well as number corporate executives. The original-style, Teflon-coated fiberglass material was used to make the repairs – not canvas as described in the article. There were several snow-melting and waterproofing improvements that kept the dome inflated until January 2, 2013 – almost 28 years.

text: Notable audience attendance numbers[edit]

text: The largest crowd to ever gather at the Silverdome was on September 18, 1987 for Mass with Pope John Paul II, with a reported attendance of 93,682 — just shading the record of 93,173 set at the Silverdome on March 29, 1987 for WrestleMania III. Another notable audience attendance record had earlier been broken on April 30, 1977, when the English rock band Led Zeppelin played in front of 76,229 fans at the Silverdome. This was, at the time, a new world record attendance for a solo indoor attraction, beating the 75,962 that The Who attracted there on December 6, 1975.[29] The Detroit Pistons also set numerous NBA attendance records during their time at the Silverdome; Regular Season, 61,983 vs. Boston, January 29, 1988; Playoffs, 41,732, vs. L.A. Lakers, June 16, 1988.[30]

text: Marching band activities and events[edit]

text: The Silverdome was also the home to many marching band activities and events, including the Michigan Competing Band Association State Marching Band Championships until 2005, the Bands of America Regional championships from 2003 to 2005, and the Bands of America Grand National Championships in 1987 and 1988. Following its reopening, the Silverdome was host to the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Bands of America Pontiac Regional Championship.[31]

text: Usage after Lions' move to Ford Field[edit]

text: The Lions moved to Ford Field at the beginning of the 2002 NFL season. When the World Hockey Association (WHA) tried to re-introduce itself, the new WHA Detroit team was slated to play its home games at the Silverdome. Plans were also mooted for a Windsor-based Canadian Football League team which could have used the dome for possible playoff games, but that team also did not materialize.

text: After the Lions relocated, activity in the Silverdome dropped drastically; however, it still staged some events. Annually, Jehovah's Witnesses used the Silverdome from the late 1970s to 2004. Due to talk of renovation in 2004, the Witnesses opted to travel to The Dow Event Center in Saginaw, and the SeaGate Convention Centre in Toledo, Ohio for their District Conventions.[32] Between 2003 and 2006, a three-screen drive-in theater operated in the parking lot; this theater reopened in 2010 before closing again on July 13, 2011.[33]

text: The Silverdome hosted Monster Jam on January 7, 2006, and was used as a practice facility for the AFC Champions Pittsburgh Steelers for Super Bowl XL, with the NFL adding FieldTurf, which was later donated to a local high school.

text: Sale[edit]

text: After the Lions' departure, the city of Pontiac began to experience several years of serious financial problems. Due to the continued high maintenance costs of the structure, it made several unsuccessful attempts to sell the stadium.[34][35] In early 2008, United Assurance Company Ltd. made the highest purchase offer to date, with a bid of $18 million to convert the Silverdome into a Hollywood-style entertainment complex, following an earlier bid of $12 million by an attorney.[36] However, the city announced in October 2009 that the property would go to auction with no minimum bid, and that zoning regulations would be relaxed for any buyer in order to spark development. The city engaged the firm of Williams & Williams to conduct the auction in November 2009.[37]

text: After reading about the auction in a newspaper, Greek-born Canadian real estate developer Andreas Apostolopoulos, CEO of Toronto-based Triple Properties Inc., submitted a winning bid of US$550,000. Real estate fees of 6% raised the price to US$583,000.[38] The sale of the Silverdome, completed in 1975 at a cost of $55.7 million (approx. $225 million in 2012 dollars) and sold in 2009 for $583,000, was viewed by many as a symbol of the collapse of real estate prices in the Detroit metropolitan area though many local leaders and residents claimed the sale was brought about due to the incompetence of city management and their not having a vision or future plans for the stadium and surrounding area.[39]

text: Reopening (2010–2013)[edit]

text: In the March 11, 2010, edition of the Detroit Free Press, Apostolopoulos vowed "to revive the stadium as a big-event venue by investing millions of dollars".[40]

text: The Silverdome re-opened on April 17, 2010, with a monster truck event.[1]

text: A.C. Milan and Panathinaikos F.C. played an exhibition game on August 6, 2010.[41] On January 29, 2011, professional boxer Timothy Bradley defended his WBO light welterweight title in a unification fight against WBC champion Devon Alexander. The fight aired live on HBO World Championship Boxing, with an attendance of about 7,000.[citation needed] The owners indicated that they were pursuing a possible expansion team for Major League Soccer, and contemplated renovating the Silverdome for this purpose.[42] Ultimately, the lack of events coming into the stadium, combined with the 2013 roof collapse, put any further development plans on indefinite hold.

text: Auctioning of contents and demolition[edit]

text: In March 2014, the owners announced that they would be auctioning off the contents of the facility, including seats and fixtures.[43] Afterwards, in October 2015, it was announced that the Silverdome would be demolished in the Spring of 2016, and the area would be part of an Oakland County, Michigan mixed-use development. Demolition was then scheduled for December 3, 2017.[44] In June 2016, fire caused by arson destroyed the former press box.[45] The parking lot is being used as storage for hundreds of VW diesel cars. The dome owner and the city were in conflict over the condition of the dome.[46][47]

text: In 2017, the Silverdome was condemned and cleared for demolition. Workers had been on the site for the past few months before main power feeds were disconnected preparing the Silverdome for demolition, including completing environmental remediation, universal waste removal and tearing out transite asbestos panels that were used in a majority of the suites around the perimeter of the dome; though not without a few local trespasser visits to explore the place leading up to the demolition. On September 18 and 19, 2017, four power feeds were disconnected, officially starting the final preparation process for demolition.[48] The firm contracted to handle the demolition, the Detroit based Adamo Group, also imploded the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on November 20 before moving on to the Silverdome. The demolition of the Silverdome was to commence on December 3, 2017 with a partial implosion of the upper deck, followed by an excavation of the building from the inside out.[49][50]

text: Due to a wiring issue, eight of the explosive charges failed to detonate, preventing the stadium from imploding as planned. A second attempt was successful the next day. While Adamo could not pinpoint the exact cause of the issues, they did note that trespassers had been seen on the property a couple of days prior to the first attempt.[51][52][53][54] It was noted that on the second attempt, Adamo doubled the amount of explosives used from 300 pounds to 600 pounds of TNT. It was also noted that Richard Adamo pressed the detonation button on the second attempt.[55]

text: Significant events[edit]

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text: NFL[edit]

text:
August 23, 1975 – Detroit Lions' first game in Silverdome, a preseason contest against the Kansas City Chiefs.
October 6, 1975 – Lions first regular season game, a 36–10 defeat by the Dallas Cowboys on ABC Monday Night Football.
October 12, 1975 – Lions first regular season Silverdome victory, a 27–7 defeat of the Chicago Bears.
November 27, 1975 – Lions first Thanksgiving Day game in the Silverdome, a 20–0 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
January 24, 1982 – Super Bowl XVI.
January 5, 1992 – Lions first home playoff game at the Silverdome – a 38–6 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.
January 6, 2002 – Final Detroit Lions game played, a 15–10 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.

text: Basketball[edit]

text:
October 13, 1978 – Detroit Pistons' first home game in Silverdome.
February 4, 1979 – NBA All-Star Game.
January 29, 1988 – Detroit Pistons single game attendance record (61,983 vs Boston Celtics)
1988 – NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
June 12, 14 and 16, 1988 – NBA Finals games 3 through 5.
1991 – NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

text: Soccer[edit]

text:
Date
Winning Team
Result
Losing Team
Tournament
Spectators

June 19, 1993
 Germany
2–1
 England
1993 U.S. Cup Final
62,126

June 18, 1994
 United States
1–1
  Switzerland
1994 FIFA World Cup Group A
73,425

June 22, 1994
  Switzerland
4–1
 Romania
61,428

June 24, 1994
 Sweden
3–1
 Russia
1994 FIFA World Cup Group B
71,528

June 28, 1994
 Brazil
1–1
 Sweden
77,217

August 6, 2010
 A.C. Milan
0–0
5–3 (pens.)[56]
 Panathinaikos F.C.
Friendly
–

text: Boxing & Pro Wrestling[edit]

text:
March 29, 1987 – WrestleMania III (Pontiac Silverdome record attendance of 93,173).
January 29, 2011 – (HBO Championship Boxing Match) "The Superfight".

text: Concerts[edit]

text:
Date
Artist(s)
Supporting act(s)
Tour
Tickets sold
Gross
Note(s)
Reference(s)

December 6, 1975
The Who
—
The Who Tour 1975
75,962
—
The live versions of "Join Together", "Road Runner", and "My Generation Blues" were recorded for The Kids Are Alright soundtrack but were omitted from the first CD release of the soundtrack, but were included in the reissued edition.

December 31, 1975
Elvis Presley
—
—
62,500
—
This is Elvis' very first New Year's Eve show.

May 8, 1976
Aerosmith
Ted Nugent
Outlaws
Foghat
Rocks Tour
76,900
—

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April 30, 1977
Led Zeppelin
—
1977 North American Tour
76,229
$792,361.50
Set attendance record for a solo indoor attraction.
[58][59][60]

March 5, 1978
Kenny Rogers
Dottie West
—
—
60,000+
—
This performance was billed as the "World's Largest Indoor Country Music Show".

July 28, 1979
Bee Gees
Sweet Inspirations
Spirits Having Flown Tour
36,270 / 36,270
$453,375

November 30, 1981
The Rolling Stones
—
American Tour 1981
152,696 / 152,696
$2,290,000

December 1, 1981

August 17, 1984
The Jacksons
—
Victory Tour
143,700
$4,350,030

August 18, 1984

August 19, 1984

September 4, 1985
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
—
Born in the U.S.A. Tour
69,844 / 69,844
$1,222,270

April 30, 1987
U2
Lone Justice
The Joshua Tree Tour
51,718 / 51,718
$853,347

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August 7, 1987
Madonna
Level 42
Bhundu Boys
Hue and Cry
Who's That Girl World Tour
41,017 / 44,556
$881,866

June 17, 1988
Van Halen
Scorpions
Dokken
Metallica
Kingdom Come
Monsters of Rock Tour 1988
—
—

June 18, 1988

July 21, 1992
Metallica
Guns N' Roses
Faith No More
Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour
47,540 / 47,540
$1,378,660
After Guns N' Roses performed their song "You Could Be Mine", Axl Rose vomited onstage and left soon afterwards, but returned to the stage and apologized to the audience for the poor performance, so the band redid the song again.

September 9, 1992
U2
Primus
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Zoo TV Tour
36,740 / 40,680
$1,102,200
This show was on the Outside Broadcast leg of the tour.
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July 14, 1994
Pink Floyd
—
The Division Bell Tour
111,355 / 111,355
$3,772,950
The band performed their classic album The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety for the first time since 1975.

July 15, 1994

October 31, 1997
U2
Smash Mouth
Popmart Tour
35,463 / 40,000
$1,781,621
This show took place on Larry Mullen's 36th birthday
[63]

December 31, 1999
Metallica
Ted Nugent
Kid Rock
Sevendust
M2K Mini Tour
54,707 / 54,707
$3,049,117
This was a New Year's Eve concert. At the show, Metallica broadcast the Times Square Ball Drop, ushering in the year 2000, and played the classic Kiss track "Detroit Rock City" alongside the opening acts.

July 18, 2000
NSYNC
P!nk
No Strings Attached Tour
48,708 / 48,708
$2,395,413
This concert was filmed for their concert movie "*NSYNC: Bigger Than Live".
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text: Other events[edit]

text:
September 18, 1987 — Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass (Silverdome attendance record of 93,682).
April 17, 2010 — "Domination In The Dome" (Monster Trucks) Grand Re-Opening of the Silverdome.

text: Sources

text: In popular culture[edit]

text:
November 25, 1997: In a season 7 episode of Home Improvement, Tim (Tim Allen) manages to black out the entire stadium during the Detroit Lions' annual Thanksgiving Day game.
January 27, 2016: The Silverdome's inception and demise, including Super Bowl XVI, are profiled by Sports Illustrated's MMQB, "Road to Super Bowl 50".
Throughout his career, wrestling legend Hulk Hogan made various references to being the first man to body-slam Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania III—The Birth of a Dynasty and the Death of a Dome.
The Silverdome appears in Transformers: The Last Knight, the fifth installment in the Paramount film franchise. Crews began filming on June 20, 2016 and shot in the area for about 8 weeks. The movie was released in theaters on June 23, 2017.[66]


document_title: Jesse Palmer

question_text: who did jesse palmer end up with on the bachelor

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text: Jesse Palmer

text: Early years[edit]

text: Palmer was born in Toronto, Ontario,[4] and raised in Nepean, Ontario, a suburb of Ottawa. He attended both Confederation and St. Pius X high schools, although he played all of his amateur football on teams in the Ontario Minor Football Association and most importantly with the Myers Riders Football Club in Ottawa.[5]

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text: His father, Bill Palmer, played for the Ottawa Rough Riders. His mother, Susan, was a prominent fashion and print model, co-founder of Barrett Palmer Models and former owner of the original ITM International Top Models, a modeling agency and training centre located in Ottawa (eventually became MIM Model International Management).[citation needed]

text: College career[edit]

text: Palmer accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1997 to 2000.[6]

text: Palmer often alternated playing time with quarterback Doug Johnson, and later, with quarterback Rex Grossman. Memorably, he connected with Bo Carroll on a 75-yard touchdown pass play, and rushed for four touchdowns against the Kentucky Wildcats in 2000.[6] As a senior, he was selected as one of the team captains and received the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award, recognizing the "senior football player who displays outstanding leadership, character and courage." He finished his four-year college career with 3,755 passing yards.[6]

text: Palmer graduated from the University of Florida in 2001 with two undergraduate degrees: a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the College of Business Administration.[citation needed]

text: Professional football career[edit]

text: NFL[edit]

text: Palmer was chosen by the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) in the fourth round (125th overall pick) of the 2001 NFL Draft,[7] and he played for the Giants for four seasons from 2001 to 2004.[8] As a Giants quarterback, he spent most of his NFL career as a backup behind starter Kerry Collins.[9] In 2002, Palmer played in two games. The following season, Palmer played in six games, starting three.[8] In 2003, he was sacked by Washington Redskins defensive end Bruce Smith, Smith's 199th career sack which enabled him to become the all-time career sack leader.[10]

text: After a four-year stint as a backup quarterback, he was cut on September 3, 2005 by the Giants.[11] Palmer was the second Canadian (after Mark Rypien of the Washington Redskins) to start at the quarterback position in the NFL.[12]

text: CFL[edit]

text: Palmer was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) 15th overall in 2001 CFL Draft.[13] At first, wanting to stay in the game, he looked to the Canadian Football League for employment. His rights were held by Montreal; however, the Ottawa Renegades tried to acquire the Ottawa native as their top quarterback in September 2005, and Palmer expressed interest in playing for his home town.[14]

text: Attempting to locate another opportunity to stay in the NFL, Palmer worked out with the Minnesota Vikings and Oakland Raiders and was signed by the San Francisco 49ers on November 1, 2005 as injuries plagued their quarterbacks Alex Smith and Ken Dorsey.[12][15]  Palmer was released three weeks later after Dorsey and Smith returned from injury, without playing a down.[16] Palmer was re-signed by the 49ers in March 2006 during the off-season but was later released on August 29, 2006 toward the end of training camp.[16][17] On September 11, 2006, the Montreal Alouettes signed him to their developmental roster.[13] Palmer did not dress for a game with Montreal. He retired from the CFL before the start of the 2007 season to pursue a broadcasting career.[18]

text: The Bachelor[edit]

text: In 2004, Palmer was the first professional athlete to appear on The Bachelor television program and the first non-American bachelor, in which he was given his choice of eligible single women. He eventually selected Jessica Bowlin, but their courtship lasted for only a few months after the end of the show.[19][20]

text: Broadcasting career[edit]

text: Palmer was a color commentator for Fox for two games late in the 2005 season, and returned to the booth on November 26, 2006.[citation needed] On April 25, 2007, Palmer appeared on the NFL Network as an analyst and commentator for the weekend's NFL Draft.[citation needed]

text: On May 24, 2007, Palmer announced his retirement from the Canadian Football League to pursue a broadcasting career with Fox.[21] He joined ESPN in 2007.[22] Palmer worked for ESPN as a studio analyst on College Football Live and ABC telecasts, and frequently appeared with fellow Canadian John Saunders until 2017.[22] He is a game analyst on ESPN Thursday Night College football games. He was also co-host on The Palmer and Pollack Show on ESPNU with former Georgia defensive end, David Pollack.[22][23]

text: On March 12, 2014, ESPN named Palmer and Brent Musburger as the lead game announcers for the forthcoming SEC Network.[24]

text: Palmer is also New York correspondent for CTV's entertainment news program, eTalk, covering both sports and entertainment events, including the Super Bowl and the 79th and 80th Academy Awards.[25]

text: Palmer was a studio analyst for ESPN's broadcast of the 2012 Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, the 2010 Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, and the 2009 Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, California.[citation needed] he is also an NFL analyst for TSN's "Monday Morning Quarterback" segment.[26]

text: Palmer guest starred in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 7 episode "Design," portraying professional baseball player Don Lacey. He hosted the first two seasons of the food competition show Recipe to Riches on Food Network Canada.[27] On May 19, 2015, Palmer joined Good Morning America as a "Special Contributor". He left the position in August 2017.[28] He has also hosted "Spring Baking Championship" and "Holiday Baking Championship" on Food Network.[29]

text: On September 17, 2017 Palmer began hosting the newly launched DailyMailTV.[30]


document_title: The Man in the High Castle (TV series)

question_text: the man in the high castle cast helen

question_tokens: the man in the high castle cast helen

text: The Man in the High Castle (TV series)

text: Synopsis[edit]

text: Season 1[edit]

text: The central characters are Juliana Crain, Frank Frink, Joe Blake, John Smith, Nobusuke Tagomi, and Takeshi Kido. The series takes place in an alternate 1962.

text: Juliana Crain is a San Francisco woman who becomes entangled with the resistance when her half-sister Trudy is killed by the Kenpeitai just after she gives Juliana a film reel that contains newsreel-style footage. Entitled The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, it depicts an alternate history in which the Allies won World War II and Germany and Japan were defeated. It is part of a series of similar newsreels being collected by someone referred to as "The Man in the High Castle". Juliana believes the newsreel to reflect some sort of alternate reality and that it is part of some kind of larger truth about how the world should be. Her boyfriend, Frank Frink—who keeps his Jewish roots hidden to avoid extradition and death at the hands of the Nazis—believes that the newsreel has no relation to real-life events. Juliana learns that Trudy was carrying the film to Canon City, Colorado, in the Neutral Zone, where she was going to meet someone. Juliana decides to travel there in Trudy's place to find out what her half-sister's mission was. When she arrives in Canon City, she encounters Joe Blake.

text: Joe is a 27-year-old New Yorker, who is a double agent working for the Nazis under Obergruppenführer John Smith, a former US Army officer who joined the Nazis and rose through the ranks to become a senior officer in the SS. Joe is pretending to be a member of the resistance while he searches for the resistance contact in Canon City, which is Juliana, who replaces Trudy.

text: Nobusuke Tagomi is a high-ranking Japanese official, the Trade Minister, in San Francisco. He meets in secret with Nazi official Rudolph Wegener, who is traveling incognito as Swedish businessman, Victore Baynes. Tagomi and Wegener are both concerned about the power vacuum that will exist when the Reich's Führer, Adolf Hitler, either dies or is forced to step down because of his worsening Parkinson's disease. Wegener explains that Hitler's successor will want to use the Reich's nuclear bombs against Japan to gain control of the rest of the former United States. Currently, however, Japan and the Third Reich are engaged in a cold war that is full of tension but no open warfare, with the Japanese lagging behind the Germans technologically.

text: Frank ends up being arrested when the Japanese and the Nazis become suspicious of Juliana's activities. Not having the information they seek, he is unable to give the Japanese what they are looking for. They kill Frank's sister and her two children in retaliation, using their Jewish heritage as an excuse for their executions. This leads Frank to plan to kill the visiting Japanese Crown Prince and Princess, but he ultimately finds himself unable to execute the plan.

text: Season 2[edit]

text: The second season encompasses Frank's decision to forgo his hesitancy and relative pacifism and become a committed member of the American Resistance to the Japanese Empire inside the Pacific States. He eventually participates in a successful terrorist bombing of a central-command building of the Pacific States government in Downtown San Francisco. The attack kills many members of the Japanese military and other top-level leadership.

text: Juliana Crain claims asylum in the Nazi Reich by using its San Francisco Embassy so that she can escape Japanese soldiers who hold her responsible for at least one murder. John Smith, seeing that her asylum claim is unlikely to succeed, steps in to the interrogation room and assumes command of her claim himself, sponsors the claim himself, and takes her to New York without Joe Blake's knowledge. Joe discovers that he was a product of the Lebensborn programme and is the sole biological son of a top-ranking Nazi official in Berlin, Martin Heusmann. Eventually, Joe reconciles with Heusmann on the personal level and then becomes second-in-command of the Chancellorship after Hitler dies. Hitler named Heusmann the Acting Chancellor of the Reich when he fell ill, so after Hitler's collapse and death, Heusmann assumes the role until the Nazi party can meet and select his successor.

text: Hitler's death is abruptly pinned upon Japanese spies, and Heusmann suddenly announces on television that the Japanese agents who, he claims, assassinated the Führer will be brought to justice by any means necessary, including war. John Smith is the only high-ranking Nazi official to be suspicious of the nature of Heusmann's sudden announcement. To understand why it has happened, he interrogates another high-ranking Nazi, Reinhard Heydrich, who reveals a far-reaching conspiracy led by Heusmann that is designed to result in a Nazi nuclear onslaught against the Japanese Empire that will kill tens of millions of Japanese, decimate their Empire, level Tokyo, kill the emperor, and force the surviving Japanese to absorb themselves into a global Nazi Reich and strengthen Heusmann's position. John Smith undertakes carefully-calculated stealth actions to disrupt and dismantle the Heusmann conspiracy and finally travels to Berlin and informs Heinrich Himmler, the Nazi Reichsführer, who is not involved, of the existence of the conspiracy. Audiotapes, together with physical and written evidence that reach too deeply within the existing Reich's power structure to be dismissed as hearsay, are handed personally by Smith over to Himmler, who then leads Smith and several of his closest Berlin subordinates in to the late Hitler's office, which is occupied by the Acting Chancellor. He arrests Heusmann for high treason and the murder of Hitler, detains Joe along with Heusmann, and then addresses the Volkshalle, packed with hundreds of thousands of Reich civilians and uniformed stormtroopers. Nixing the speech declaring war, which would have been delivered by Heusmann, Himmler instead informs the Reich of Heusmann's conspiracy and of Smith's exposure. The entire Volkshalle erupts in to a celebratory mood that is marked by repeated mass Nazi salutes of Himmler's men, in general, and then of Smith, in particular.

text: The season ends with Himmler and Smith implicitly assuming command of the Reich, and an implied new era of peace and tranquility between the Japanese Empire and the Greater Nazi Reich. Juliana Crain continues to live out her asylum claim inside New York Nazi territory, and the final few minutes of the final episode of the second season show Trudy (or an alternate-universe version of her) alive and well. In a basement somewhere, Smith is given access to a room filled to bursting with reels of films that were watched by the late Führer.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main[edit]

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Alexa Davalos as Juliana Crain, a young woman from San Francisco who is outwardly happy living under Japanese control. She is an expert in aikido and is friendly with the Japanese people who live in San Francisco. Her mother harbors hatred of the Japanese, who killed Juliana's father during the war.
Rupert Evans as Frank Frink, Juliana's boyfriend. He works in a factory, creating replicas of prewar American pistols that are prized by the Japanese. On his own time. he creates original jewelry and sketches. When Juliana vanishes just after the police kill her sister, Frank is taken into custody, which is particularly dangerous since he had a Jewish grandfather and would face execution if that is exposed. His experience with the Japanese causes him to turn against the state.
Luke Kleintank as Joe Blake, a new recruit to the underground American resistance, but he is actually an agent working for the SS, under Obergruppenführer John Smith. He transports a copy of a reel of the forbidden film The Grasshopper Lies Heavy to the neutral Rocky Mountain States, as part of his mission to infiltrate the American resistance.
DJ Qualls as Ed McCarthy, Frank's co-worker and friend. He closely follows politics and cares very much about Juliana and Frank's well being.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Nobusuke Tagomi, the Trade Minister of the Pacific States of America. His true loyalties are ambiguous throughout the first season.
Rufus Sewell as John Smith, an SS Obergruppenführer who is investigating the Resistance in New York. He is a natural-born American who had served in the US Army Signal Corps. He lives a comfortable suburban life with a wife and three children. It is implied that he embraced Nazism because he grew up in poverty as a result of the Great Depression.
Joel de la Fuente as Chief Inspector Takeshi Kido, the ruthless head of the Kempeitai stationed in San Francisco.
Brennan Brown as Robert Childan (season 2; recurring season 1), an antique store owner who makes secret deals with Frank.
Callum Keith Rennie as Gary Connell (season 2), leader of the West Coast Resistance movement and enforcer for Abendsen.[10]
Bella Heathcote as Nicole Dörmer (season 2), a young Berlin-born filmmaker who crosses paths with Joe.[11]

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text: Recurring[edit]

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Carsten Norgaard as Rudolph Wegener, a disillusioned high-ranking Nazi official who trades secrets with Tagomi.
Rick Worthy as Lemuel "Lem" Washington, the owner of the Sunrise Diner in Canon City and member of the Resistance.
Camille Sullivan as Karen Vecchione, a leader of the Pacific States branch of the Resistance.
Lee Shorten as Sergeant Hiroyuki Yoshida, Inspector Kido's right-hand man.
Arnold Chun as Kotomichi, Tagomi's assistant.
Hank Harris as Randall Becker, a member of the Pacific States branch of the Resistance.
Christine Chatelain as Laura Crothers, Frank's sister.
Allan Havey as the Origami Man, a Nazi spy sent to Canon City to eliminate members of the Resistance.
Burn Gorman as the Marshal, a bounty hunter searching for concentration camp escapees.
Shaun Ross as the Shoe Shine Boy, a young albino man living in Canon City.
Rob LaBelle as Carl, a bookstore clerk in Canon City who is revealed to be a concentration camp escapee, David P. Frees.
Geoffrey Blake as Jason Meyer, a Jewish member of the Resistance.
Michael Gaston as Mark Sampson, a Jew who is living in the Pacific States and is Frank's friend.
Louis Ozawa Changchien as Paul Kasoura, a wealthy lawyer who collects prewar American memorabilia.
Tao Okamoto as Betty, Paul's wife.
Daisuke Tsui as the Crown Prince of Japan
Mayumi Yoshida as the Crown Princess of Japan
Amy Okuda as Christine Tanaka, an office worker in the Nippon building.
Bernhard Forcher as Hugo Reiss, the Nazi ambassador to the Japanese Pacific States.
Aaron Blakely as Erich Raeder, an SS-Sturmbannführer working with Smith.
Hiro Kanagawa as Taishi Okamura, the leader of a Yakuza based in the Pacific States.
Stephen Root as Hawthorne Abendsen/The Man in the High Castle (season 2).
Sebastian Roché as Reichsminister Martin Heusmann (season 2), Joe's estranged father and a high-ranking member of the Reich.[12]
Cara Mitsuko as Sarah (season 2), a Japanese American Resistance member, Frank's confidante and a survivor of the Manzanar concentration camp
Tate Donovan as George Dixon (season 2), a mysterious friend of the Crains.
Michael Hogan as Hagan (season 2), an ex-preacher and leader in the San Francisco Resistance.
Tzi Ma as Rikugun-Taishō Hidehisa Onoda (season 2), a leading member of the Japanese army.

text: John Smith's family[edit]

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Chelah Horsdal as Helen Smith, John's wife
Quinn Lord as Thomas Smith, John and Helen's son and the eldest child. A member of the Hitler Youth, it is later revealed that he has inherited a form of muscular dystrophy from his father's side of the family.
Gracyn Shinyei as Amy Smith, John and Helen's daughter.
Genea Charpentier as Jennifer Smith, John and Helen's daughter.

text: Juliana Crain's family[edit]

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Daniel Roebuck as Arnold Walker, Juliana's stepfather and Trudy's father.
Macall Gordon as Anne Crain Walker, Juliana's mother who is still bitter about losing her husband in World War II.
Conor Leslie as Trudy Walker, Juliana's half-sister who is shot dead by the Kempeitai. However, she is shown alive at the end of the second season.

text: Nobusuke Tagomi's family[edit]

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Yukari Komatsu as Michiko Tagomi (season 2), Nobusuke's wife.
Eddie Shin as Noriaki Tagomi (season 2), Nobusuke and Michiko's son.

text: Historical characters[edit]

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Wolf Muser as Adolf Hitler
Ray Proscia as SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich
Keone Young as Gensui Shunroku Hata
Kenneth Tigar as SS-Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler (season 2)
Peter Anderson as Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (season 2)
Lisa Paxton as Eva Braun, Hitler's wife (season 2)

text: Episodes[edit]

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Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
10
January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15)
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

2
10
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

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text: Season 1 (2015)[edit]

text: The pilot and the second episode were screened at a special Comic-Con event. The season premiered on November 20, 2015.[13][14]

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overall
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Title
Directed by
Written by
Original release date

1
1
"The New World"
David Semel
Frank Spotnitz
January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15)

In 1962 Nazi-occupied New York, Joe Blake volunteers to serve the resistance by driving a truck to the Neutral Zone in the Rockies. In Japan-occupied San Francisco, Juliana Crain receives a package from her sister Trudy, only to later see her shot by the Japanese police. Juliana discovers the package contains impossible footage of the Allies winning World War II. Her boyfriend, Frank, urges her to go to the police to plead her innocence. However, Juliana lies to him and instead heads to the Neutral Zone to deliver the film in Trudy's place. A woman attempts to steal the film but escapes only with decoys. The Japanese trade minister, Nobusuke Tagomi, meets the Nazi ambassador to finalize the details of a visit to San Francisco by the Japanese Crown Prince. Later Tagomi meets Rudolph Wegener, a high-ranking Nazi official pretending to be a Swedish businessman. Joe and Juliana meet and become friends in Canon City in the Neutral Zone. In San Francisco, the Kempeitai—the Japanese secret police—begin searching for Juliana because of her connection to Trudy. Blake calls a Nazi commandant, Smith, revealing that he is secretly working for them.

2
2
"Sunrise"
Daniel Percival
Frank Spotnitz
October 23, 2015 (2015-10-23)

In the Canon City diner, Juliana meets a man whom she assumes is her contact. Smith tells Joe that the contact is an SD agent trying to stop the resistance and orders him not to intervene. However, when the SD agent tries to kill Juliana, Joe drives up. Juliana is able to throw the agent over a railing to his death. In New York, Smith is attacked by resistance fighters in an assassination attempt. In prison, Frank meets a resistance fighter, who convinces him not to inform on Juliana. The Kempeitai kill Frank's sister and her children in retaliation for his refusal to help them, but stop the planned execution of Frank when the woman who stole Juliana's bag is found with fake film reels.

3
3
"The Illustrated Woman"
Ken Olin
Thomas Schnauz and Evan Wright
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

Joe spots a Nazi bounty hunter named Marshal in town. Marshal is looking for the man Juliana killed. Joe and Juliana go to dispose the dead agent's body and car and while doing this, find a map, which leads them to a cave in which they find a dead woman and a list of names. They realize that Juliana's boss from the diner was her actual contact. Frank breaks the news of his sister and her children's deaths to his brother-in-law. Frank returns to work, where he makes a real gun. Marshal realizes Juliana's identity and tries to kill her.

4
4
"Revelations"
Michael Rymer
Thomas Schnauz and Jace Richdale
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

Joe saves Juliana from the Marshal. Joe and Juliana confront Lemuel, who leads them into the woods, where they are surrounded by resistance fighters. They force them to give them the films and leave. Joe and Juliana are attacked again by the Marshal, causing Joe to reveal to the Marshal that he is a Nazi agent. The Marshal pursues Juliana on the highway. When Juliana gets far enough, she burns her car and hides. When the Marshal reaches the car, he assumes that she has died. Back in the Reich, after he is attacked on the way to work, Smith suspects SS Captain Connolly is the informant who supplied information about his movements to the resistance. In the Pacific States, Frank heads to the Crown Prince's speech with a gun to assassinate him but hesitates. The Crown Prince is then shot by an unseen gunman.

5
5
"The New Normal"
Bryan Spicer
Rob Williams
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

The Crown Prince is rushed to the hospital after the attack, and the captain of the Imperial Guard is ordered to commit seppuku for failing to protect the Crown Prince. Kido then states that if he cannot find the gunman, he will do the same. Meanwhile, Juliana returns home to find an angry Frank, who alludes to his time in prison. Juliana visits her parents and learns that the Japanese killed Frank's sister and children. When she later reports to the Japanese military, she is interrogated and asked about Trudy's partner, Randall, but is ultimately let go. She then visits Simone and meets an agent of the resistance who gives her a visitor's card to the government building. Joe returns to New York from the Neutral Zone and is kidnapped by Gestapo agents and brought to Smith's office. He is then compelled to report to Smith what happened in Canon City. Smith tells Joe he has failed in his mission because the leader of the resistance escaped. Smith believes that Joe is being truthful and invites him over for VA Day (Victory in America Day).

6
6
"Three Monkeys"
Nelson McCormick
Rob Williams
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

Joe celebrates VA Day at Smith's house. Juliana accepts a job working for Tagomi as she continues her search for answers. Smith, who has received intelligence about Wegener's activities but also happens to be an old friend, intercepts him at the airport and invites him for dinner hoping to probe him for answers. Smith has Wegener arrested. Smith catches Joe sneaking through his files.

7
7
"Truth"
Brad Anderson
Emma Frost
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

Juliana makes a startling discovery about her sister's death. Frank reflects on recent events and makes an important decision about his future, and Tagomi gains greater insight into Juliana's past. Smith catches Joe in his home office and interrogates him about Juliana and Canon City.

8
8
"End of the World"
Karyn Kusama
Walon Green
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

Juliana and Frank make plans to escape the Pacific States, only to be dragged back into danger by Joe, who tries to retrieve a new film and walks directly into the Kempeitai's ambush. Meanwhile, Smith's loyalty is put to the ultimate test when he is confronted with a startling family discovery. The episode is named after the song of the same name, which is performed by Lini Evans during the episode with Japanese lyrics that she cowrote.

9
9
"Kindness"
Michael Slovis
Jace Richdale
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

With time running out, a desperate Frank is forced to put his life on the line to help Joe. The pieces finally fall into place for Smith, as he uncovers who was behind the assassination attempt. Tagomi is devastated when he is confronted with the consequences of his scheming, and Kido's investigation takes a dramatic turn when he makes an important discovery. Meanwhile, Frank and Juliana, after taking possession of the new film, decide to watch it, but they are shocked to find out that the film describes, apparently in the near future, a nuclear-bombed San Francisco in which the SS round up and execute survivors. Frank is shown being executed by Joe, who is wearing an SS uniform.

10
10
"A Way Out"
Daniel Percival
Rob Williams
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

Frank and Juliana angrily confront Joe as a Nazi agent. He goes to the Nazi embassy with the film. Smith learns that Heydrich is preparing a trap. Kido acts on the information from the Yakuza and kills the Nazi sniper who shot the Crown Prince. Ed is caught with Frank's gun and is used as a scapegoat for the attempted assassination of the Crown Prince to avoid the need for Kido to commit seppuku. Heydrich demands Smith's loyalty ahead of Wegener's assassination of Hitler. Wegener says goodbye to his family and travels to Hitler's alpine castle, filmed at Hohenwerfen Castle. However, after confronting Hitler, who is watching the alternate newsreels in his huge film vault and says that he learns something every time he watches, Wegener kills himself instead. Smith captures the traitor Heydrich and reports him to Hitler. Tagomi goes to Union Square to meditate with Juliana's charm. He opens his eyes to find himself in an alternate 1962 in which the Allies won World War II and the United States is in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

text: Season 2 (2016)[edit]

text: The second season was released on December 16, 2016.[15]

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Written by
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11
1
"The Tiger's Cave"
Daniel Percival
Frank Spotnitz
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Joe returns to New York to hand over the film to Smith and submits resignation, but Smith refuses to accept the resignation before he delivers the film to Hitler. Karen and Lem confront Juliana for not shooting Joe before she is tranquilized. She wakes up in the home of Hawthorne Abendsen, The Man in the High Castle, and his vast film collection. Meanwhile, General Onoda reveals to Tagomi and his staff that the capsule Science Minister, Shimada, found in his pocket plans for a nuclear weapon that the Empire intends to use to crush the Nazis, much to Tagomi's dismay. Frank confronts Arnold about spying over his own family. Desperate to clear Ed's name, Frank goes to Childan and asks for his help. Juliana attempts to get answers from an evasive Abendsen and receives a clue, which may help to avert nuclear war. Gary Connell, the leader of the West Coast Resistance, goes against orders and tries to kill Juliana, but she escapes at a Kempeitai checkpoint. A gunfight ensues between the Resistance members and the Japanese soldiers. Karen is killed in the crossfire.

12
2
"The Road Less Traveled"
Colin Bucksey
Rob Williams
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Kido investigates the shootout at the checkpoint and suspects that Juliana is involved. Frank decides to get Paul Kasoura, a defense lawyer, to help Ed. In desperation, he reveals to Kasoura that the antique goods that he and Childan sold him are fake, leading the pair to be imprisoned by the Yakuza with whom Kasoura has a connection. Frank is almost killed by Okamura, the Yakuza leader, in the previous incident with Joe. However, he manages to convince Okamura to allow him to repay his debt for the forgery if Ed is to work with him as his assistant. Kido is forced by Okamura to release Ed. He later pins the assassination of the Crown Prince on the deceased Karen. Joe is ordered by Smith to visit his father, Reichminister Heusmann, in Berlin. Smith tells Joe that Juliana is possibly dead. Meanwhile, Juliana evades Gary and Lem and tries to convince her parents to leave San Francisco, to no avail. Using the clue about a mysterious man on whom Abendsen is fixated, Juliana discovers the man to be a family friend, George Dixon, who is Trudy's real father. Learning that he may be in Brooklyn, Juliana risks her life to reach the Nazi embassy and request asylum and leaves a letter to Frank.

13
3
"Travelers"
Daniel Sackheim
Erik Oleson
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Smith is warned by Dr. Adler, the family physician, to end the life of his son Thomas, as the boy's incurable illness prevents him from being accepted in the Reich. Juliana makes it to New York and is questioned by Smith, who is notified of her arrival and arranges her stay. He keeps that a secret from Joe. Frank learns of Juliana's defection to the Nazi states but does not believe Gary on her betrayal. While he works with Ed and Childan to create forgeries for the Yakuza to repay his debt, Frank is convinced by the Resistance to help them liberate innocent citizens from the Kempeitai, in retaliation for the checkpoint murders. While saving a Resistance member, Sarah, Frank commits his first kill against the Japanese. Juliana looks for Joe but is told by his ex-lover that he has rejoined the Nazis, leading her to think he may have betrayed her. Joe travels to Berlin and meets with his father but is distant because of Heusmann's treatment of Joe's mother. Joe crosses paths with Nicole Becker, a filmmaker. Smith is unable to kill his son when he is given the chance to do so. He meets with Dr. Adler and kills him to ensure his silence.

14
4
"Escalation"
David Petrarca
Wesley Strick
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Juliana adjusts to life in the Reich, under the tutelage of Smith's wife, Helen, and Thomas. While looking for Dixon at his old apartment, she is pursued by two unknown agents and is almost killed. General Onoda has the Kempeitai execute numerous citizens for the murder of the Japanese soldiers during the Resistance rescue. Enraged, Frank starts to neglect his debt with the Yakuza and accepts a risky assignment to siphon materials from an unexploded Japanese bomb for a Resistance mission, much to Ed's dismay. Frank begins to get close with Sarah during the assignment. Smith reveals to a suspecting Helen that he killed Dr. Adler to keep their son's illness a secret. Kido gets Onoda drunk and tricks him into approving an unknown order. After escaping from her pursuers, Juliana is approached by Dixon. Tagomi travels to the alternate timeline once again and sees his still-living wife, Michiko, who is deceased in his own timeline.

15
5
"Duck and Cover"
John Fawcett
Erik Oleson & Rick Cleveland
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Dixon is revealed to be a Resistance leader and meets up with Juliana after she tells him that the Man in the High Castle sent her. Juliana tells him he may be somehow involved in the possible San Francisco bombing, as he has appeared several times in the films. Dixon forces Juliana to spy on Smith and his family to redeem her betrayal when she allowed Joe to escape with the film. Joe is upset when his father brings him to his place of birth and reveals that he is one of the Lebensborn, an experiment to perfect racial purity. Still, he takes up his father's offer to remain in Berlin for a few more days. Kido attempts to use Onoda's approval to extradite Juliana from the Nazi states, but he fails and reveals his motive for visiting Smith for an unknown reason. Frank becomes further involved with the Resistance, and Ed is revealed to be under the control of the Kempeitai to report on the Yakuza's counterfeiting activities in exchange for his and Frank's lives. Lem assists Abendsen with moving to a new location because the location of the High Castle may have compromised. Abendsen destroys most of the films before he leaves. Tagomi reveals himself to the alternate Michiko and his son Noriyuke but discovers that the alternate Tagomi's relationship with them is estranged. He is shocked to see Noriyuke married to an alternate Juliana with their son.

16
6
"Kintsugi"
Paul Holahan
Francesca Gardiner
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Juliana starts to socialize with the Ladies Committee, as planned, and gains the support of one of its members, Lucy. Helen discovers that Thomas has been selected by the Hitler Youth group to go for an expedition in South America. She forbids her son to go until she finds out that Smith arranged to have their son disappear from society by staging a fake abduction and living a life of anonymity. Joe starts to get closer to Nicole, who reveals herself as one of the Lebensborn and brings him to meet with some of the others. After spending the night with Nicole, Joe begins to embrace his real heritage. Tagomi attempts to mend his alternate self's relationship with his family, and is dismayed by the alternate Noriyuke's forgoing of the Japanese culture. Kido is informed by his right-hand man, Yoshida, that they have found Abendsen's burnt hideout and learns that the Yakuza is also looking for the films.

17
7
"Land O' Smiles"
Karyn Kusama
Rob Williams
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Ed and Childan go to Okamura to repay their debt with the sale from Frank's forgery but are locked up in a storage room when Kido and his men pay a visit. Kido kills Okamura and the Yakuza members who are present for treason, as he has deduced the Yakuza to be working with the Nazis. Yoshida discovers Ed and Childan but lets them go. Frank is tasked to plant a bomb at the harbor, where General Onoda is visiting. However, Frank aborts the mission when he discovers that the Japanese are secretly building an nuclear bomb there. He alerts the Resistance of that information. At Adler's funeral, Smith is dismayed when Adler's wife, Alice, raises her suspicion on her husband's sudden death and plans to have an autopsy performed. Juliana also attends the funeral and while she talks to Thomas, she notices that he has a seizure and covers for him. Later, she promises Helen not to reveal Thomas's condition. Smith has further troubles when Himmler informs him that Hitler has suffered a collapse.

18
8
"Loose Lips"
Alex Zakrzewski
Rick Cleveland
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Smith questions Juliana about Joe's film and learns of San Francisco's impending destruction. Lucy tells Juliana that she knows that supposedly-live footage of Hitler is actually archival because her husband managed the television broadcast. Juliana shares with Dixon her belief that Hitler may be dead. The Resistance decides that it is time to stage an uprising. Juliana is left concerned that she may have caused the nuclear catastrophe that she has been trying to prevent. Heusmann is made Acting Chancellor while Joe decides to support his father. Frank learns from Arnold that Juliana has warned them to leave San Francisco and has not betrayed him. Enraged, he confronts Gary, but the Resistance is determined to go ahead with the uprising. Armed with the knowledge from Juliana and Kido, Smith misleads a secretly-imprisoned Heydrich into thinking Germany and Japan are already at war. That leads Heydrich to confirm what Smith has suspected: a conspiracy to create a pretext for war with the Japanese exists among the Nazi ranks. Smith executes Heydrich but not before learning that it is someone else who is the mastermind behind the rush to war. Hitler passes away. Now in charge is the new chancellor, Heusmann, who is revealed to be the one to have orchestrated the looming conflict.

19
9
"Detonation"
Chris Long
Wesley Strick
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Tagomi watches a film with his alternate family on the recent test detonation of a hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll. Finally resolved to stop war between Japan and the Nazis, Tagomi takes the film and returns to his reality. Thomas confides to Juliana about his condition, but their conversation is secretly being recorded. Smith later learns of the tape and takes it to protect Thomas' secret. In a televised address, Heusmann frames the Japanese for Hitler's death by poison and promises retaliation, much to Joe's horror. Frank decides to assist the Resistance in assassinating Onoda by using their homemade bombs. Before the operation, he convinces Ed and Childan to leave San Francisco. Frank and Sarah smuggle a car bomb into the underground parking garage of the Kempeitai. They set the bomb's timer and attempt to leave the building, but they are spotted by Kido. A gunfight starts in the lobby. Just as Tagomi arrives, the bomb detonates, killing General Onoda and his staff and collapsing most of the building. The fates of Frank and Sarah are not shown.

20
10
"Fallout"
Daniel Percival
Erik Oleson
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Tagomi and Kido, who survived the bombing, deal with the aftermath of the destruction of the Kempeitai headquarters. Afterwards, Kido travels to New York and plays the film for Smith that appears to provide evidence that the Japanese have a hydrogen bomb. The resistance attempts to avenge Karen's death by killing Juliana, but she violently escapes. She then confronts and kills Dixon, who was threatening to expose Smith by broadcasting the tape of her conversation with Thomas. Smith travels to Berlin with the film to convince the Nazi superiors not to attack Japan to avoid nuclear retaliation. Smith meets privately with Himmler to expose Heusmann as a traitor. After arresting Heusmann and Joe, Himmler addresses the worldwide public from the Volkshalle, possibly assuming control of the Reich, and rewards Smith for his service. The recognition that Smith receives inspires Thomas to turn himself over to the Public Health Department to be euthanized. After traveling to the Neutral Zone, a bereft Juliana learns from Abendsen that hope remains and that her sister is alive. Finally, Lem hands over Abendsen's remaining films to Tagomi.

text: Production[edit]

text: In 2010, it was announced that the BBC would co-produce a four-part TV adaptation of The Man in the High Castle for BBC One together with Headline Pictures, FremantleMedia Enterprises and Scott Free Films. Director Ridley Scott was to act as executive producer of the adaptation by Howard Brenton.[16]

text: On February 11, 2013, Variety reported that Syfy was adapting the book as a four-part miniseries, with Ridley Scott and Frank Spotnitz as executive producers, co-produced with Scott Free Prods., Headline Pictures and Electric Shepherd Prods.[17]

text: On October 1, 2014, Amazon.com began filming the pilot episode in Roslyn, Washington,[18] for a new television drama to be aired on their Prime web video streaming service.[19] This has been adapted by Frank Spotnitz and is being produced for Amazon by Ridley Scott, David Zucker and Jordan Sheehan for Scott Free, Stewart Mackinnon and Christian Baute for Headline Pictures, Isa Hackett and Kalen Egan for Electric Shepherd and Spotnitz's Big Light Productions.[1] The pilot episode was released by Amazon Studios on January 15, 2015.[20] Amazon Studios' production process is somewhat different from those of other conventional television channels. They produce pilot episodes of a number of different prospective programs, then release them and gather data on their success. The most promising shows are then picked up as regular series. On February 18, 2015, Amazon.com announced that The Man in the High Castle was given the green-light along with four other series, and a full season would be produced.[21]

text: Production for the pilot episode began in October 2014. Principal filming took place in Seattle, with the city standing in for San Francisco and locations in New York City, as well as Roslyn, Washington, which was the long-time shooting location for Northern Exposure. Sites used in Seattle include the Seattle Center Monorail, the Paramount Theatre, a newspaper office in the Pike Place Market area, as well as various buildings in the city's Capitol Hill, International District, and Georgetown neighborhoods. In Roslyn, the production used external shots of the Roslyn Cafe which featured prominently in Northern Exposure along with several local businesses and scenery.[18][22]

text: In April 2015, filming took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, in the downtown area of West Georgia Street, along the promenade of the Coast Capital Savings building.[23] In May and June 2015 filming also took place at the University of British Columbia.[24] Exterior shots of Hohenwerfen Castle in Werfen, Austria, were filmed in September 2015 for the tenth episode of the first season.[25]

text: Amazon announced that they were bringing on new executive producer and showrunner Eric Overmyer for the third season to replace Frank Spotnitz after his sudden departure from the show during the middle of the second season.[26]

text: Reception[edit]

text: The first season received acclaim from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an approval rating of 95% based on reviews from 58 critics, with an average rating of 7.54 out of 10. The site's critical consensus states,

text: By executive producer Ridley Scott, The Man in the High Castle is unlike anything else on TV, with an immediately engrossing plot driven by quickly developed characters in a fully realized post-WWII dystopia.[27]

text: Metacritic gives the first season a score of 77 out of 100, based on reviews from 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[28]

text: Meredith Woerner from io9 wrote, "I can honestly say I loved this pilot. It's an impressive, streamlined undertaking of a fairly complicated and very beloved novel."[29] Matt Fowler from IGN gave 9.2 out of 10 and described the series as a "a superb, frightening experience filled with unexpected twists and (some sci-fi) turns".[30] Brian Moylan of The Guardian was positive and praised the convincing depiction as well as the complex and gripping plot.[31] The Los Angeles Times described the pilot as "provocative" and "smartly adapted by The X-Files' Frank Spotnitz". The Daily Telegraph said it was "absorbing" and Wired called it "must-see viewing". Entertainment Weekly said it was "engrossing" and "a triumph in world-building", cheering, "The Man in the High Castle is king."

text: After the season, Rolling Stone included it on a list of the 40 best science fiction television shows of all time.[32]

text: Amazon subsequently announced it was the service's most-streamed original series and had been renewed for a second season.[33][34] The second season was met with mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an approval rating of 63%, based on reviews from 19 critics with an average rating of 6.86 out of 10. The site's critical consensus states,

text: Although its plot is admittedly unwieldy, The Man in the High Castle's second season expands its fascinating premise in powerful new directions, bolstered by stunning visuals, strong performances, and intriguing new possibilities.[35]

text: Metacritic gives season 2 a score of 62 out of 100, based on reviews from ten critics.[36]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Nominee(s)
Result

2015
IGN Awards[37]
Best New TV Series
The Man in the High Castle
Nominated

South by Southwest Awards[citation needed]
Excellence in Title Design
Patrick Clair
Nominated

2016
American Society of Cinematographers Awards[38]
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Movie, Mini-Series or Pilot
James Hawkinson (Episode: "The New World")
Nominated

Creative Arts Emmy Awards[39]
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
James Hawkinson
Won

Outstanding Main Title Design
Patrick Clair, Paul Kim, Jose Limon, Raoul Marks
Won

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
Drew Boughton, Linda King, Brenda Meyers-Ballard
Nominated

Outstanding Special Visual Effects
The Man in the High Castle
Nominated

Critics' Choice Television Awards[40]
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Rufus Sewell
Nominated

Monte-Carlo Television Festival[citation needed]
Best TV Series Drama
The Man in the High Castle
Nominated

Saturn Awards[41]
Best New Media Television Series
The Man in the High Castle
Nominated

USC Scripter Awards[42]
Best Television Script
Frank Spotnitz and Philip K. Dick
Nominated

Visual Effects Society Awards[43]
Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
Casi Blume, David Andrade, Nick Chamberlain, Lawson Deming
Nominated

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
Lawson Deming, Cory Jamieson, Casi Blume, Nick Chamberlain
Nominated

Young Artist Awards[44]
Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actor (14–21)
Quinn Lord
Nominated

2017
Artios Awards[45]
Television Pilot And First Season - Drama
Denise Chamian, Liz Ludwitzke, Candice Elzinga, Patti Kalles
Nominated

Creative Arts Emmy Awards[39]
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
James Hawkinson
Nominated

Outstanding Original Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program
"Resistance Radio"
Nominated

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More)
Drew Boughton, Dawn Swiderski, Jon Lancaster
Nominated

Outstanding Special Visual Effects
Lawson Deming, Cory Jamieson, Casi Blume, Nick Chamberlain, David Andrade, Bill Parker, Justin Fox, Danielle Malambri
Nominated

Costume Designers Guild Awards[46]
Outstanding Fantasy Television Series
J.R. Hawbaker
Nominated

Leo Awards[47]
Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series
Kurt Evans
Nominated

Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series
Chelah Horsdal
Won

Location Managers Guild Awards[48]
Outstanding Locations in a Period TV Series
Nicole Noelle Chartrand, Robert Murdoch
Nominated

Saturn Awards[49]
Best New Media Television Series
The Man in the High Castle
Nominated

text: Advertising controversy[edit]

text: As part of an advertising campaign for the release of the first season, an entire New York City Subway car was covered with Nazi and Imperial Japanese imagery, as seen in the show, including multiple US flags with the Nazi eagle emblem in place of the 50 stars and multiple flags of the fictional Pacific States.[50] In response to criticism from "state lawmakers and city leaders", the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released a statement saying that there were no grounds to reject the ads because the neutral content subway ad standards prohibit only advertising that is a political advertisement or disparages an individual or group. MTA spokesperson Kevin Ortiz stated, "The MTA is a government agency and can't accept or reject ads based on how we feel about them; we have to follow the standards approved by our board. Please note they're commercial ads." Spokesperson Adam Lisberg said, "This advertising, whether you find it distasteful or not, obviously they're not advertising Nazism; they're advertising a TV show."

text: After complaints from New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, initial reports indicated that Amazon pulled the advertisement from the subway. It was later announced that it was the MTA, not Amazon, that pulled the ad because of pressure from Cuomo.[51]


document_title: India national cricket team record by opponent

question_text: which is the only test playing nation that indian has never beaten in t20

text: Key[edit]

text:
Key for the tables

Symbol
Meaning

M
Number of matches played

W
Number of matches won

L
Number of matches lost

T
Number of matches tied

D
Number of matches ended in a draw

NR
Number of matches ended with no result

Tie+W
Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over

Tie+L
Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over

Win%
Percentage of games won to those played[C]

Loss%
Percentage of games lost to those played[C]

Draw%
Percentage of games drawn to those played[C]

First
Year of the first match played by India against the country

Last
Year of the last match played by India against the country

text: Test cricket[edit]

text:
India's Test cricket record by opponent[15]

Opponent
M
W
L
T
D
Win%
Loss%
Draw%
First
Last

 Australia
86
24
38
1
23
27.90
44.18
26.74
1947
2013

 Bangladesh
7
6
0
0
1
85.71
0.00
14.28
2000
2010

 England
107
20
40
0
47
18.69
37.38
43.92
1932
2012

 New Zealand
52
18
9
0
25
34.61
17.30
48.07
1955
2012

 Pakistan
59
9
12
0
38
15.25
20.33
64.40
1952
2007

 South Africa
29
7
13
0
9
24.13
44.82
31.03
1992
2013

 Sri Lanka
35
14
6
0
15
40.00
17.14
42.85
1982
2011

 West Indies
90
16
30
0
44
17.77
33.33
48.88
1948
2013

 Zimbabwe
11
7
2
0
2
63.63
18.18
18.18
1992
2005

Total[5]
476
121
150
1
204
25.42
31.51
42.85
1932
2013

text: One Day International[edit]

text:
India's One Day International record by opponent[16]

Opponent
M
W
L
T
NR
Win%
First
Last

 Australia
123
42
72
0
8
34.14
1980
2013

 Bangladesh
24
21
3
0
0
87.50
1988
2012

 Bermuda
1
1
0
0
0
100.00
2007
2007

 East Africa
1
1
0
0
0
100.00
1975
1975

 England
87
47
35
2
3
57.14
1974
2013

 Hong Kong
1
1
0
0
0
100.00
2008
2008

 Ireland
2
2
0
0
0
100.00
2007
2011

 Kenya
13
11
2
0
0
84.61
1996
2004

 Namibia
1
1
0
0
0
100.00
2003
2003

 Netherlands
2
2
0
0
0
100.00
2003
2011

 New Zealand
88
46
37
0
5
55.42
1975
2011

 Pakistan
129
52
73
0
4
41.60
1978
2017

 Scotland
1
1
0
0
0
100.00
2007
2007

 South Africa
70
25
42
0
3
37.31
1991
2013

 Sri Lanka
143
78
53
1
11
59.46
1979
2013

 United Arab Emirates
2
2
0
0
0
100.00
1994
2004

 West Indies
112
50
59
1
2
45.90
1979
2013

 Zimbabwe
56
44
10
2
0
80.35
1983
2013

Total[8]
844
423
378
6
37
52.78
1974
2013

text: Twenty20 International[edit]

text:
India's Twenty20 International record by opponent[17]

Opponent
M
W
L
T
Tie+W
Tie+L
NR
Win%
First
Last

 Afghanistan
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
100.00
2010
2012

 Australia
15
10
5
0
0
0
0
66.6
2007
2017

 Bangladesh
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
100.00
2009
2016

 England
11
5
6
0
0
0
0
45.3
2007
2017

 Ireland
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
100.00
2009
2009

 New Zealand
6
0
5
0
0
0
1
0.00
2007
2016

 Pakistan
8
6
1
0
1
0
0
75.00
2007
2016

 Scotland
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
-1 !—
2007
2007

 South Africa
10
6
4
0
0
0
0
60.0
2006
2015

 West Indies
8
2
5
0
0
0
0
25.0
2009
2017

 Zimbabwe
7
5
2
0
0
0
0
71.4
2010
2016

Total[14]
46
25
19
0
1
0
1
56.66
2006
2013

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ Madras Cricket Club Ground was later renamed M. A. Chidambaram Stadium.
Jump up ^ India were the joint-champion with Sri Lanka in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy.[10]
^ Jump up to: a b c Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.

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document_title: Fn key

question_text: what is the use of fn key in mac

question_tokens: what is the use of fn key in mac

text: Fn key

text: Compact layouts[edit]

text: Typically, in a compact layout the main area of the keyboard (containing the letter keys) is kept in much the same layout as with a full-sized keyboard, and the numeric keypad is moved to share a group of central keys. This allows typists to enter text without having to learn a new layout. The symbol that is accessed through pressing Fn is often printed on the key in a smaller font, a box, or different color (usually blue but sometimes orange).

text: This 78-key UK layout is taken from the Apple iBook. Characters in blue are accessed through the Fn key, but functions on the top row can be accessed without Fn key in Mac OS X.

text: Technical details[edit]

text: Fn is a modifier key, and works like other modifiers keys, such as Ctrl, Shift, Alt and AltGr. For a standard modifier key, the microcontroller inside the keyboard sends a scancode for the modifier itself, which is then interpreted by the operating system and combined with other simultaneous key-presses. The Fn key is a form of meta-modifier key, in that it causes the operating system to see altered scancodes when other keys on the keyboard are pressed. This allows the keyboard to directly emulate a full-sized keyboard, so the operating system can use standard keymaps designed for a full-sized keyboard. However, because the operating system has no notion of the Fn key, the key can not normally be remapped in software, unlike all other standard keyboard keys.

text: While it is most common for the Fn key processing to happen directly in the keyboard micro-controller, offering no knowledge to the main computer of whether the Fn key was pressed, some manufacturers, like Lenovo, perform this mapping in BIOS running on the main CPU, allowing remapping the Fn key by modifying the BIOS interrupt handler;[1] and Apple, in which the Fn key is mappable and serves other uses too, as triggering the Dictation function by pressing the Fn key twice.

text: In addition to being mapped to standard keyboard keys like Scroll Lock and Num Lock, the Fn key combinations may also be mapped to control system interfaces to change the LCD brightness, VGA output, or speaker volume on most laptop computers.

text: Fn and Control key placement[edit]

text: There is not yet an agreed-upon standard for the placement of the Fn key, although most manufacturers have elected to place it alongside a shrunken and/or displaced left Control key. Because the Control key is most frequently associated with OS and application shortcuts (such as Control+S to save a document, or Control+Shift+Escape to launch the Task Manager in modern versions of Microsoft Windows) altering its size and placement is often regarded as inconvenient for users accustomed to the larger left Control key on IBM PC-style keyboards commonly used for desktop computers.[2][3][4][5][6]

text: The majority of portable computer manufacturers today (including HP, Dell, and Samsung) currently place the Fn key between the left Control key and the left Windows key, making it the second key from the left on the bottom row of the keyboard. This usually means that the Control key is reduced in size, but allows it to remain in the lowest-left position on the keyboard.

text: Conversely, Lenovo currently arrange keyboards on their ThinkPad computers with the Fn key as the lowest-left, making Control the second-from-left on the bottom row. This arrangement is currently unique to ThinkPads amongst all laptops shipped with Windows, but it is one that has been in place since the modern ThinkPad product line was introduced by IBM in 1992. IBM designers rationalised that since the Fn key was used to control features that in some cases had no other physical or software controls (for example, the ThinkLight keyboard-illumination lamp, which is switched only by the Fn+PgUp keys), the Fn key should have the more prominent position on the keyboard. Notably, IBM did not include Windows keys on any of their keyboards until 2006, which meant that though the left Control key was displaced by the Fn key, neither it nor the left Alt key needed to be made smaller. The inclusion of Windows keys on ThinkPad models from mid-2006 onwards was achieved mainly by shrinking the left Alt key, which means that ThinkPad keyboards now generally have larger left Control keys than those of many other manufacturers, and are unique in preserving on laptops the Control; Windows; Alt key arrangement used on most desktop keyboards.

text: Apple also place the Fn key at the bottom left of the keyboard, displacing and shrinking the left Control key, though this is less controversial as macOS, the main operating system for most Apple laptops, is much less reliant on the Control key for shortcuts and modifiers than Windows or Unix-like operating systems.

text: This inconsistency between manufacturers, and the overall issue of Control key shrinkage, has long been a point of contention between laptop purchasers and users, which is aggravated by the fact that on most keyboards the Fn key is mapped at the hardware level and so cannot be remapped (that is, reconfigured or virtually "moved") at the OS level.[7] Lenovo, however, have since circa 2011 allowed users to reverse the Fn and left Control key arrangement via a BIOS setting.[8] A different solution, which side-steps the Fn key placement issue altogether, is to remap the Caps-Lock key as Control.[9] This emulates the layout of the IBM Model F keyboard for the original IBM PC, which placed the Caps-Lock key where right Control is found on modern keyboards, a location that is favoured by some Vim and Emacs users because of its prominent location and long-time use on Unix workstations.

text: Control Key Preference Factors[edit]

text: This section possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (September 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

text: Paramount seems to be whether the user keeps their palm stationary on a wrist rest or not. Other factors include the control key's size, displacement, and position relative to the left-shift key.

text: A touch typist who prefers to keep their palm resting on a fixed position has difficulty reaching a lower-left control, whereas they can reach a right-displaced control without palm movement. Executing a control-and-shift operation with a right-displaced-control involves curling the little finger slightly underneath the ring-finger. Control key combinations involving the upper-left of the keyboard, including the keys (1, Q, W, 2) require either moving the hand, or using the right-control key with the opposite hand.

text: A user who hovers their hands and/or moves them laterally may prefer the lower-left control, as combined with movement of the palm, it offers a more open access to the leftmost keys. It also allows control-and-shift operations to be performed without curling the little finger underneath. Some workarounds include using little-finger-shift and ring-finger-control or thumb-control presses. Such change to the point of origin does reduce the useful radius of the first four fingers across the keyboard, yet may be more ergonomic for the hand.

text: On a fullsize keyboard, some users access the lower-left Control key using the side of their palm, a technique which is not generally possible on shallow throw laptop keyboards with wrist rests.

text: Common Fn key features[edit]

text: Fn key features vary from keyboard to keyboard, but the common ones are the follow:

text:
Turn the laptop's internal speaker volume up and down
Mute the laptop's internal speaker
Increase or decrease the monitor's brightness or contrast
Activate an external monitor for giving a presentation
Activate Stand By mode
Hibernate the laptop
Eject a CD/DVD
Lock the keyboard[10]


document_title: Wyndham New Yorker Hotel

question_text: who was the original owner of the new yorker hotel

text: Wyndham New Yorker Hotel

text: Early history[edit]

text: Construction[edit]

text: The New Yorker Hotel was built by Garment Center developer Mack Kanner. When the project was announced in 1928, the Sugarman and Berger designed building was planned to be 38 stories, at an estimated cost of $8 million.[2][3] However, when it was completed in 1929, the building had grown to 43 stories, at a final cost of $22.5 million and contained 2,500 rooms, making it the city's largest for many years.[4][5] Hotel management pioneer Ralph Hitz was selected as its first manager, eventually becoming president of the National Hotel Management Company. An early ad for the building boasted that the hotel's "bell boys were 'as snappy-looking as West Pointers'" and "that it had a radio in every room with a choice of four stations".[6] It was a New Yorker bellboy, Johnny Roventini, who served as tobacco company Philip Morris' pitchman for twenty years, making famous their "Call for Philip Morris" advertising campaign.[7]

text: The hotel opened on January 2, 1930.[8] Much like its contemporaries, the Empire State Building (1931) and the Chrysler Building (1930), the New Yorker was designed in the Art Deco style which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s. In his book New York 1930 Robert A. M. Stern said the "New Yorker's virtually unornamented facades consisted of alternating vertical bands of warm gray brick and windows, yielding an impression of boldly modeled masses. This was furthered by the deep-cut light courts, which produced a powerful play of light and shade that was enhanced by dramatic lighting at night".[9] In addition to the ballrooms there were ten private dining "salons" and five restaurants employing 35 master cooks.[5] The barber shop was one of the largest in the world with 42 chairs and 20 manicurists.[5] There were 95 switchboard operators and 150 laundry staff washing as many as 350,000 pieces daily.[5][6]

text: Later years[edit]

text: Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the hotel was among New York's most fashionable. The New York Observer noted that in the building's heyday, "actors, celebrities, athletes, politicians, mobsters, the shady and the luminous—the entire Brooklyn Dodgers roster during the glory seasons—would stalk the bars and ballrooms, or romp upstairs";[1] It hosted many popular Big Bands, such as Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey,[10] while notable figures such as Spencer Tracy, Joan Crawford and Fidel Castro stayed there. Inventor Nikola Tesla spent the last ten years of his life in near-seclusion in Suite 3327, where he died, largely devoting his time to feeding pigeons while occasionally meeting dignitaries.[8][11] In later years, Muhammad Ali would recuperate there after his March 1971 fight against Joe Frazier at the Garden.[1][8]

text: Notwithstanding its early success, New York's changing economy and demographics caused the building to slowly decline and, as a result, its ownership changed several times. It was purchased by Hilton Hotels in 1953 for $12.5 million and following an antitrust suit by the federal government, was sold just three years later, in 1956, for $20 million to Massaglia Hotels.[12][13] In 1959, Massaglia sold the hotel to an investment syndicate known as New York Towers Ltd., which went bankrupt, allowing Hilton to reacquire the building in 1967.[14]

text: By the time Hilton reacquired the hotel, the pronounced decline in New York's fortunes, coupled with the construction of new, more modern hotels, caused the New Yorker to become unprofitable. As a result, Hilton closed the hotel in April 1972.[10]

text: Initially left vacant, several proposals were made for the building, including redevelopment as a low-income housing development, and a hospital.[10] Ultimately, in 1975, it was purchased by the Unification Church of the United States for $5.6 million. The church converted much of the building for use by its members.[15]

text: Power plant[edit]

text: When it was built, the New Yorker Hotel had coal-fired steam boilers and generators sufficient to produce more than 2,200 kilowatts of direct current electric power. At the time, this was the largest private power plant in the United States. The hotel's own direct current generators were still in use during the Northeast Blackout of 1965, but by the late 1960s the hotel's power system had been modernized to alternating current.[8][16] In a dedication ceremony held on September 25, 2008, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) named the New Yorker Hotel's direct current power plant a Milestone in Electrical Engineering. A bronze plaque commemorating the achievement was presented to the hotel by IEEE.

text: Reopening[edit]

text: In 1994, the Unification Church elected to convert a portion of the building to use as a hotel again and the New Yorker Hotel Management Company took over operation of the building. It began the largest renovation project in the New Yorker's nearly 65-year history, completed in 1999, with $20 million in capital improvements.[17] The hotel joined the Ramada chain in 2000.

text: In 2005, the hotel's management began the process of replacing the New Yorker's famous sign, which hadn't been lit since 1967 and was in badly need of repair. The sign was completely replaced by an energy efficient LED sign that was installed in time to celebrate the hotel's 75th Anniversary.

text: A 75th Anniversary celebratory event was held at the hotel on December 8, 2005, where the new sign was officially switched on for the first time by Dr.Charles Yang, President of the New Yorker Hotel Management Company, Kevin H. Smith, the hotel's General Manager, Alan Ostroff, of the Cornell University School of Hotel Management, Jean Cummins, singer with the hotel's house band in the 1930s and Patricia Hitz-Bradshaw, granddaughter of Ralph Hitz, the hotel's first General Manager.[18][19]

text: In August 2007, the hotel began a second capital improvement program, which was completed in February 2009 at a final cost of $70 million. These improvements increased the number of guest rooms available from 178 in 1994 to 912, located on floors 19 through 40.[20][21]

text: The renovation project was designed by Stonehill & Taylor Architects.[21] Interior improvements included room restructuring and augmentation (now called "Metro" and "City View" rooms). Other improvements included a refurbished front entrance, lobby redesign, foyer reconstruction, and ballroom renovations. The hotel also expanded its Wi-Fi and PDA support, and added high-definition flat-screen televisions in all rooms. In addition, individual room air-conditioning units were replaced with modern centralized heating and cooling systems throughout the entire hotel. In 2009, conference room space was added to the hotel through the conversion of a defunct Manufacturer's Hanover Bank branch in the hotel, bringing the total meeting space to just over 33,000 square feet (3,100 m2), in two ballrooms and twelve conference rooms.

text: The New Yorker Hotel joined the Wyndham Hotels chain in March 2014.[22] Wyndham has undertaken additional upgrades to the hotel, including lobby and restaurant renovations, to attract more business travelers in anticipation of the massive Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project to the west.[23]


document_title: List of Alfred Hitchcock cameo appearances

question_text: where does hitchcock appear in north by northwest

text: Cameo appearances in Hitchcock films[edit]

text: This is a list of Hitchcock's cameo appearances in films that he directed.

text:
Title
Year
H:M[:S]
Description

The Birds
1963
0:02:18
Leaving the pet shop with two of his own Sealyham terriers, Geoffrey and Stanley, as Tippi Hedren enters.[3]

Blackmail
1929
0:10:25
Being bothered by a small boy as he reads a book on the London Underground. This cameo is 19 seconds long.

Dial M for Murder
1954
0:13:13
On the left side in the class-reunion photo.

Easy Virtue
1928
0:21:15
Walking past a tennis court carrying a walking stick.

Family Plot
1976
0:40
In silhouette through the door of the Registrar of Births and Deaths.

Foreign Correspondent
1940
0:12:44
After Joel McCrea leaves his hotel, wearing a coat and hat and reading a newspaper.

Frenzy
1972
0:04:07
In the center of a crowd, wearing a bowler hat; he is the only one not applauding the speaker; and a minute later, right after the victim washes ashore, standing next to a gray-haired man with a gray beard.

I Confess
1953
0:01:33
Crossing the top of a flight of steps.

The Lady Vanishes
1938
1:32:31
In Victoria Station, wearing a black coat, smoking a cigarette, and making a strange movement with his head.

Lifeboat
1944
0:25
In the "before" and "after" pictures in the newspaper ad for "Reduco Obesity Slayer".

The Lodger
1927
0:03
At a desk in the newsroom.

1:34
In the mob scene next to Detective Joe who's bearing the lodger's weight on the fence by holding his arms.

The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
0:25:12
As the McKennas watch the acrobats in market place, Hitchcock appears at the left in a suit and puts his hands in his pockets.

The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934
0:33:25
Walking across a road in a dark trench coat as a bus passes.

Marnie
1964
0:05
Entering from the left of the hotel corridor after Tippi Hedren passes by, and clearly breaking the fourth wall by looking the audience straight in the eye.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
0:42:57
Passing Robert Montgomery in front of his building.

Murder!
1930
0:59:45
Walking past the house where the murder was committed with a female companion, at the end of Sir John's visit to the scene with Markham and his wife Lucy.

North by Northwest
1959
0:02:09
Missing a bus, just after his credit passes off screen during the title sequence.

Notorious
1946
1:04:44
At the big party in Claude Rains' mansion, drinking champagne and then quickly departing.

Number Seventeen
1932
0:51:25
On the bus amongst other passengers, in a dark coat and hat, facing away, he bounces up and down; approx. four seconds.

The Paradine Case
1947
0:38:00
Leaving the train at Cumberland Station, carrying a cello case.

Psycho
1960
0:06:59
Seen through an office window wearing a Stetson cowboy hat as Janet Leigh comes through the door.

Rear Window
1954
0:26:12
Winding the clock in the songwriter's apartment.

Rebecca
1940
2:01:36
Walking near the phone booth just after George Sanders makes a call.

Rope
1948
0:55:00
In the background as a red flashing neon sign of his trademark profile.

Sabotage
1936
0:08:56
Just after the lights come back on in front of the Bijou, looking up as he crosses in front of the crowd.

Saboteur
1942
1:04:45
Standing in front of "Cut Rate Drugs" as the saboteurs' car stops.

Shadow of a Doubt
1943
0:16:27
On the train to Santa Rosa, playing cards, back to the camera.

Spellbound
1945
0:38:50
Coming out of an elevator at the Empire State Hotel, carrying a violin case and smoking a cigarette.

Stage Fright
1950
0:39:49
Turning to look back at Jane Wyman in her disguise as Marlene Dietrich's maid.

Strangers on a Train
1951
0:10:34
Boarding a train with a double bass as Farley Granger gets off in his hometown.

Suspicion
1941
0:03:25
Walking a horse across the screen at the hunt meet.

0:44:58
Mailing a letter at the village postbox (long shot).

The 39 Steps
1935
0:06:56
The man tossing a white cigarette box while the bus pulls up for Robert Donat and Lucie Mannheim to leave the theatre.

To Catch a Thief
1955
0:09:40
Sitting next to Cary Grant on the bus.

Topaz
1969
0:32:27
Being pushed in a wheelchair in the airport. Hitchcock gets up from the chair, shakes hands with a man, and walks off to the right.

Torn Curtain
1966
0:08
Sitting in the Hotel d'Angleterre lobby with a baby on his knee. He shifts the child from one knee to the other. The music playing at this point in the film is an adaptation of Charles Gounod's Funeral March of a Marionette, a song now associated with Hitchcock due to it being used as the theme for his television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Trouble with Harry
1955
0:22:14
Seen outside of the window—the man walking past the parked limousine of an old man who is looking at paintings.

Under Capricorn
1949
0:02:11
In the town square during new governor's speech, wearing a blue coat and brown hat.

0:12:17
One of three men on the steps of Government House.

Vertigo
1958
0:11:40
In a grey suit walking in the street with a trumpet case.

The Wrong Man
1956
0:00:18
Seen in silhouette narrating the film's prologue. Donald Spoto's biography says that Hitchcock chose to make an explicit appearance in this film (rather than a cameo) to emphasize that, unlike his other movies, The Wrong Man was a true story about an actual person.

Young and Innocent
1937
0:16
Outside the courthouse, holding a camera.

text: Other cameo appearances[edit]

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Alfred Hitchcock regularly made cameo appearances in his films. However, only once did he appear in an installment of his Alfred Hitchcock Presents television show (aside from his personal introductions and closings). The one cameo was in the 1958 episode of the third season titled "Dip in the Pool". At 5:15 minutes into the episode, Hitchcock appears on the cover of a magazine being read by Mr. Renshaw (Philip Bourneuf).
Hitchcock's image shows up in Alain Resnais's Last Year at Marienbad, as an homage to Hitchcock's cameo appearances.
Director Richard Franklin incorporates a Hitchcock cameo into Psycho II (1983), even though Hitchcock had been dead for three years. When Mary Samuels and Norman Bates pay an early nighttime visit to Mother's bedroom, Hitchcock's famous silhouette can be seen in shadow on the far right wall just after they enter the room and before they turn on the lights.
In Gus Van Sant's 1998 shot-for-shot remake of Psycho, Van Sant can be seen standing next to a Hitchcock look-alike at the same point in the film as in the original.
As pointed out by Nick @ Nite Rewind, Alfred's shadow appears in an episode of The Odd Couple.